Towards integrated governance for water, health and social–ecological systems: The watershed governance prism |
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| Authors: | Margot W Parkes Karen E Morrison Martin J Bunch Lars K Hallstrm R Cynthia Neudoerffer Henry D Venema David Waltner-Toews |
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| Institution: | a Health Sciences Programs, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada;b Network for Ecosystem Sustainability and Health, Canada1;c Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada;d Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada;e Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities, University of Alberta, Augustana Campus, Camrose, AB T4V 2R3, Canada;f Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba,303-70 Dysart Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada;g International Institute for Sustainable Development, 161 Portage Avenue East, 6th Floor, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0Y4, Canada |
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| Abstract: | This article proposes a shift toward the integrated governance of watersheds as a basis for fostering health, sustainability and social–ecological resilience. The authors suggest that integrated watershed governance is more likely when different perspectives, including health and well-being, are explicitly understood, communicated, and sought as co-benefits of watershed management. A new conceptual device – the watershed governance prism – is introduced in relation to the multiple facets of governance that characterize contemporary water resources management and examined as an integrative framework to link social and environmental concerns with the determinants of health in the watershed context. The authors assess the diagnostic and communicative potential of such a framework, discussing its utility as a concise depiction of multiple, interacting policy priorities and as a guide to integrate different research and policy domains into the governance of water, health and social–ecological systems. |
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| Keywords: | Watersheds Governance Ecosystems Equity Social– ecological resilience Determinants of health Health and well-being |
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